Tag: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion

Possible BLEVE in the making as propane fuel tanker ignites in Canada

by magix | Mar 27, 2011 | Environment, Featured | 0 |

A train carrying hazardous substances, including propane, has derailed in Ontario Canada. With any fire near volatile fuels like propane and butane there is the danger of a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion or BLEVE.

BLEVE on the North Spit-Why Jordan Cove LNG is a bad idea

by magix | Mar 21, 2011 | Coos County, Energy, Featured, video | 2 |

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is and can be if a full meltdown cannot be averted, it will not explode like an atomic bomb. Natural gas liquids, on the other hand, if a fire breaks out to heat the storage tanks, will unleash a Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion or BLEVE.